Interview: Dr Richard Lobo, Tata Chemicals on R&D
Despite India’s fairly good well laidout research and development infrastructure and very talented scientific human resources, India’s showing on this front is yet to reflect its true potential. In this interview, Dr Richard Lobo explains the reasons and the bright future awaiting India on the research and development front.
Green Ammonia for a Sustainable Future
– R G Rajan, Independent Consultant
Due to pressures from climate change and the need for energy efficiency there are compelling reasons for shifting to the production and use of green ammonia. This paper overviews the various processes of producing green ammonia, various electrolytic systems, the challenges of making green ammonia viable along with the use of green ammonia.
Ruthenium based Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis
– B. Viswanathan, Independent Consultant
Today, a lot of research is being undertaken for the development of alternate catalyst systems other than the conventional iron-based catalysts for ammonia synthesis. This article reviews the prospect of ruthenium based catalysts for producing ammonia and the challenges involved in its commercialisation.
Crop Protection Chemicals: Future Pathways and Opportunities
– Dr Manjula Alla, Dr Srinivas Kantevari, CSIR-IICT
The crop protection chemical industry is currently facing daunting challenges. However, these are also opening up new opportunities to enter into newer areas such as bio-products and / hybrids and integrated pest management. Severe sustainability pressures are pushing agrochemical companies into creating environmentally benign products with new chemistries. This paper reviews these developments comprehensively.
Technology Solutions Catalyze Growth of the Chemical Industry
– Dr Kamlesh Kushalkar, Huntsman International India Pvt Ltd
The chemical industry has been a knowledge driven industry since inception. Several challenges facing the industry including the latest due to the pandemic have created new drivers of change for the chemical industry. In this drive the industry is being greatly enabled through the latest set of digital tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet
of Things (IoT), data analytics, robotics, etc. Read the interesting possibilities from this.
Out of the Box – Solutions to Industrial Problems
– S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
The author reveals how challenging problems, mainly in the fertiliser sector, with regards to air compressors, leaks from seawater pipeline spools, corrosion affecting a plants illumination system and a few more were solved due to novel methods.
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Chemingineering – Ammonia 2.0
– K Sahasranaman, Independent Consultant
Despite the continuous optimization of the 100 year old Haber-Bosch ammonia process and the reduction in energy consumption achieved till date, it continues to be an energy guzzler. Our columnist reviews the various developments in developing newer catalysts that
hold the promise of making the ammonia process energy efficient as well as sustainable.
